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In a Roman Osteria is an 1866 oil on canvas painting by the Danish painter Carl Bloch. It was painted in 1866. One of Bloch's better-known genre scenes, the painting was commissioned by the merchant Moritz G. Melchior, Bloch's friend and major supporter who is included in the background of the painting.

In a Roman Osteria
Danish: Fra et romersk osteria
Artist	Carl Bloch
Year	1866
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	148.5 cm × 177.5 cm (58.5 in × 69.9 in)
Location	National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

History

Carl Bloch was a personal friend of Moritz G. Melchior. He often visited the Melchior family for dinner on Thursdays in their home on the second floor at Højbro Plads 21. Other friends of the family, who would often also attend the Thursday Dinners, included the writer Hans Christian Andersen and the painter Frederik Christian Lund, poet and museum administrator Carl Andersen and representatives of the press such as Dagbladet editor C. St. A. Bille, journalists Robert Watt and P. "Cabiro" Hansen and publisher and editor of Fædrelandet ('The Fatherland') Carl Ploug.[1]

Melchior commissioned the painting from Bloch in connection with a journey to Italy. He requested a painting similar to that of Wilhelm Marstrand's Italian Osteria Scene, Girl welcoming a Person entering (1847).

The Polish-Danish painter Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann also made a version of the scene and there are at least three variations of that painting.[2] the unframed oil on canvas measures 148.5 by 177.5 centimetres (58.5 by 69.9 in).[2]

In 1884, Melchior bequeathed the painting to the Danish National Gallery. It was handed over to the museum following the death of Melchior's daughter Louise in 1935.

Description

He is sitting in an osteria, at a table talking with his friends. The two figures sitting beside him are depicted, the figure turning his back to the viewers is the painter himself.[3][4]

In popular culture

In April 2018, BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James led a real-life recreation of the painting after his listeners discovered that he looked like the man in the painting. It was called the 'Radio 1 Paint-A-Long' and also included two listeners, Miriam and Harriet, who took the places of the women featured.[5]

References

External links

• Media related to Fra et romersk osteria at Wikimedia Commons
• Zoomable version

На других языках

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- [en] In a Roman Osteria

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[fr] Dans une osteria romaine

Dans une osteria romaine est un peinture à l'huile sur toile réalisée par l'artiste danois Carl Bloch, en 1866 pour le marchand Moritz G. Melchior (en) (présent dans le tableau avec deux amis, en arrière plan dans l'osteria)[1].

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[ru] В римской остерии

«В римской остерии» (дат. Fra et romersk osteria) — картина датского художника Карла Генриха Блоха, созданная в 1866 году. В настоящее время картина находится в Государственном музее искусств в Копенгагене.

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